I'm an award-winning author and expert in Islamic architecture, art, and history.
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Islamic Visual Culture, Games, & GLAM
I'm an award-winning author and expert in Islamic architecture, art, and history.
Hello! It's been a busy and eventful spring and I have lots of news to share: January finally saw the publication of my second book, A Bridge to the Sky. After more than a decade of research and preparation it was incredible to finally see my exploration of 'Abbas b. Firnas and his 'medieval first in flight' in print! From my ongoing work across Islamic art, games, and GLAM: March: me and two of our Digital Lab team brought our Assassin's Creed collaboration to the game industry's premier...
ANNOUNCEMENT 5 April 2024 We are delighted to announce that Maxime Durand, Ubisoft's World-Design Director and a long-time franchise historian for Assassin's Creed, will be our Digital Lab World-Designer in Residence in 2024-25! Thanks to support from Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh, Durand will hold a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship from May 2024 to February 2025, supporting the conception phase for Digital Munya 3, our planned free-to-play educational game and GLAM...
NEWS FROM THE DIGITAL LAB Hi Reader! In case you missed these, here are three recent podcast interviews about our work on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Enjoy! Glaire ________________________ Curious as to the behind-the-scenes dynamics of working with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Mirage? Check out the 10th Anniversary episode of the History Respawned podcast, and our new work in progress, a mini-podcast series: Behind the Scenes with the DLIVCC! Glaire Anderson on History Respawned In the 10th...